diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b3bdd6..dfdf148 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PREFIX = /usr/local
+PREFIX = ~/.local
 VERSION = 0.1
 
 # CC = cc
diff --git a/README b/README
index 54379c4..ef9daad 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ You need libcurl and libxml2 to compile MinRSS.
 
 Installation
 ------------
-Run this command as root to build MinRSS:
+Run this command to build MinRSS:
 
 	make clean install
 
+This will install the binary to ~/.local/bin. Make sure that this directory is
+in your $PATH.
+
+If you need to change this, set the PREFIX variable in Makefile.
+
 Configuration
 -------------
 MinRSS is configured via the config.h file, which you can create by